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Plans to protect tenants renting from private landlords are to be outlined in a speech by Labour leader Ed Miliband. Labour leader Ed Miliband has outlined his party's plans to make the housing market fairer for people who rent their homes privately.
Speaking to the Fabian Society, Mr Miliband will propose a national register of landlords and more powers for councils to tackle rogue ones. In a speech to the Fabian Society, he said Britain was in danger of having two nations, of homeowners and tenants.
He will also say a confusing system of fees charged by landlords must be made easily understandable. He proposed a national register of landlords and more powers for councils to tackle rogue ones.
The speech is intended to flesh out the idea of a one-nation party, which was unveiled at Labour's conference. The speech was intended to flesh out the idea of a one-nation party, which was unveiled at Labour's conference.
A "national register" of landlords - which already exists in Scotland - was proposed under the last Labour government.A "national register" of landlords - which already exists in Scotland - was proposed under the last Labour government.
Notice period But this was abandoned by the coalition which said it did not want to impose "burdensome red tape and bureaucracy".
The plans were abandoned by the coalition, which said it did not want to impose "burdensome red tape and bureaucracy". New security
But Mr Miliband will tell the annual conference of the Fabian Society, a left-wing think-tank: "We cannot have two nations divided between those who own their own homes and those who rent. Mr Miliband told the annual conference of the Fabian Society think-tank: "One Nation Labour is about giving proper rights and protections to those who rent.
"Most people who rent have responsible landlords and rental agencies. But there are too many rogue landlords and agencies either providing accommodation which is unfit or ripping off their tenants. "That's why we will root out rogue landlords, we will stop people from being ripped off by letting agents and we want to give new security to families who rent."
"And too many families face the doubt of a two-month notice period before being evicted. He said a Labour government would introduce a national register of landlords and end "confusing, inconsistent fees and charges" in the private rented sector.
"Imagine being a parent with kids settled in a local school and your family settled in your home for two, three, four years, facing that sort of uncertainty." It would also give greater security to families who rent and remove the barriers preventing longer term tenancies, he pledged.
He will say the private rented sector is now bigger than the social rented sector for the first time in almost 50 years. "For many families at the moment who are renting in the private rented sector - and there are more than a million families in this position - they face a situation where they may have lived in a house for three, four, five years or more, be sending their kids to the local school, and then find that they can be kicked out at just two months' notice," he said.
In total, 3.6 million households - including one million which have children - privately rent. "That is wrong and we have to change it, and give proper rights to people in the private rented sector."
"Often in accommodation deemed below standard," he will say. BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said Labour was hoping the speech would help it move on from its time in office.
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins says that inside Labour they are hoping that this speech will help them move on from their time in office. Mr Miliband also said "One Nation Labour" had "learnt the lessons" of the financial crisis.
Mr Miliband will say that "One Nation Labour" has "learnt the lessons" of the financial crisis. "It begins from the truth that New Labour did not do enough to bring about structural change in our economy to make it work for the many, not just the few."
"It begins from the truth that New Labour did not do enough to bring about structural change in our economy to make it work for the many, not just the few. He also said New Labour was too timid in enforcing rights and responsibilities and too sanguine about the consequences of free markets.
"It did not do enough to change the rules of the game that were holding our economy back."
He will also say that New Labour was too timid in enforcing rights and responsibilities and too sanguine about the consequences of free markets.
"Learning from our history, One Nation Labour is clear that we need to do more to create a society where everyone genuinely plays their part."
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